2020 - Model Based Biology Teacher Application

Researchers at BSCS and the University of California, Davis, with funding from the National Science Foundation (DRL-1813538) are working to understand how model-based teaching helps students achieve the vision laid out in the Next Generation Science Standards. Participating teachers will receive professional development and access to instructional materials to support a full-year of high school biology instruction (either general bio or earth-integrated). Participants will teach two class periods using their existing instructional materials (business as usual) and two class periods using the new materials. Researchers from UC Davis and BSCS will assist teachers in obtaining consent from students in all 4 classrooms who will then take periodic content and attitudinal assessments. Observations will occur once in Spring of 2020 and periodically during the study year 2020-21. In acknowledgment of participant time and effort the project will award a stipend of $4,000 upon completion of the study to each teacher.

 

Instructions:  Please answer each of the questions in this online application fully and accurately. We will need both your online application and the Signature Form (provided by email after submitting this application) before we can review your application in full.

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